Crux For Sales Professionals

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The first exclusive network for cybersecurity sales professionals
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Grow your career
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Sharpen your skills
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Expand your network

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Who do we work with?
  • Field sellers
  • Pre-sales/ sales engineers
  • Sales leadership
What does it cost?

It costs nothing to join our network! We charge employers when they hire people through Crux

What is your matching process?

We allow everyone in our network to build a profile on Crux for free. This includes the opportunity to take various assessments proactively, and build in depth profiles on experience and career aspirations. When candidates are a strong fit for a role we are representing, we utilize in depth interviews and reference checks to round out perspective and match people with opportunities that are the right fit for them.

How much experience do I need to have in cybersecurity?

If you are looking to break into cybersecurity sales, you are welcome to join the platform and contribute to the community. However, we only place experienced sales talent with a track record in this industry

Recent Jobs

Cybersecurity Protect Analyst
UIC Alaska
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Ohio
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Network Security
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Cybersecurity Senior Manager - Security Protection Analytics and Reporting
Truist
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North Carolina
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Senior
Domain
Network Security
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Government and Public Sector - Cybersecurity - Privileged Access Manager
EY
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IAM
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California
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Sales
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Who we are:

BigID is an innovative tech startup that focuses on solutions for data security, compliance, privacy, and AI data management. We're leading the market in all things data: helping our customers reduce risk, drive business innovation, achieve compliance, build customer trust, make better decisions, and get more value from their data. We are building a global team passionate about innovation and next-gen technology. BigID has been recognized for:Â

  • BigID Named Hot Company in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at the 2024 Global InfoSec Awards
  • Citizens JMP Cyber 66 List of Hottest Privately Held Cybersecurity Companies
  • CRN 100 list named BIgID as one of the 20 Coolest Identity Access Management And Data Protection Companies Of 2024 (2 years running)
  • DUNS 100 Best Tech Companies to Work For in 2024
  • Top 3 Big Data and AI Vendors to Watch' in the 2023 BigDATAwire Readers and Editors Choice Awards
  • 2024 Inc. 5000 list for the 4th consecutive year!
  • Shortlisted for the 2024 AI Awards in the category of Best Use of AI in Cybersecurity

At BigID, our team is the foundation of our success. Join a people-centric culture that is fast-paced and rewarding: you’ll have the opportunity to work with some of the most talented people in the industry who value innovation, diversity, integrity, and collaboration.

Who we seek:

The RVP Sales, West will be a key member of the Leadership Sales Team, reporting directly to the SVP, Sales North America. This role will be responsible for driving the execution of all sales initiatives and will ensure the short and long-term revenue of West Regional Sales.

  • Lead, inspire, and drive a team of 5-10 senior enterprise direct sales executives to meet and exceed assigned revenue targetsÂ
  • Set strategic direction of the team, including setting quotas, assigning account coverage, and sales forecasting
  • Proactively build regional sales projects including systems and process reinforcement in Salesforce, lead generation, and implementation of new tools and processes
  • Forecasting and performance management of the team to Area Vice President, East
  • Conduct weekly reporting with the sales team on meetings delivery and revenue performance
  • Partner with key members of the management team for predictable achievement of overall sales metrics

Required Qualifications:

  • You will have minimum 10 years of first line sales management experience selling enterprise software large enterprises
  • B2B Enterprise Cyber Security / SaaS scaling experience selling data securityÂ
  • Excellent business strategy instincts; able to perform in a challenging, changing environment
  • Must demonstrate excellent written, verbal and presentation skills
  • Must be results oriented, have high integrity and a desire to be part of a world-class, rapidly expanding technology company
  • Outstanding sales and leadership skills
  • Strong track record of recruiting, developing and retaining a high performing enterprise sales organization
  • Proven track record of successfully closing six and seven figure software licensing deals with partners, prospects and customers in the defined territory
  • Willingness to travel up to 50% of the time

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Success in agile, high-growth, start-up environments strongly preferred

Our Values:

Care, Do, Try & Shine.

  • Care - We care about our customers and each other
  • Do - We do what it takes to make a positive impact
  • Try - We try our best and we don’t give up
  • Shine - We shine and make it our mission to always stand out

The annual base salary range is $175,000 – $200,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on a candidate’s qualifications, skills, and competencies. Salary is just one component of our Compensation Philosophy. Variable/Bonus Compensation & Equity Incentives align with individual and company performance.

BigBenefits: Â

💻 Work from home with a global remote-first community

🌍 Global Culture Corner

🏝️ Flexible PTO and Quarterly Volunteer Days

💸Â Equity Participation

🏥 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision options available to you

🐶 Additional insurance benefits like pet insurance and legal assistanceÂ

📚 Learning & Development OpportunitiesÂ

💰 Fidelity Employer Sponsored 401KÂ

📣 Robust DEI Program with several vibrant ERG communities

🥄 Paid Parental Leave

BigDiversity: We’re committed to creating a culture of inclusion, diversity, and equality – across race, gender, sexuality, disability, and neurodiversity – where innovation and growth thrive, every voice is heard, and everybody belongs. Learn more about us here.

CPRA Employee Privacy Notice: CA

BigID is an E-Verify Participant.

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Who we are

Kentik is the network observability company. Our platform is a must-have for the network front line, whether digital business, corporate IT, or service provider. Network professionals turn to the Kentik Network Observability Cloud to plan, run, and fix any network, relying on our infinite granularity, AI-driven insights, and insanely fast search.

Kentik makes sense of network, cloud, host, and container flow, Internet routing, performance tests, and network metrics. We show network pros what they need to know about their network performance, health, and security to make their business-critical services shine. Networks power the world’s most valuable companies, and those companies trust Kentik. Market leaders like IBM, Box, and Zoom rely on Kentik for network observability. Visit us at kentik.com and follow us at @kentikinc.

  • Responsible for creating the sales development process, methodology, cadences, hiring profiles, and enablement
  • Recruit, train, and manage a world class team of SDRs and SDR managers
  • Proactively identify and launch initiatives to drive pipeline development
  • Work closely with Sales leadership to develop outbound campaigns that align to regional territory plans, ARR goals, and the Marketing team on inbound demand generation and campaign execution
  • Ensure that sales accepted leads are consistent and in line with company objectives
  • Ensure that you and your teams effectively and efficiently qualify inbound leads as well as develop outbound strategies leveraging revenue and field marketing resources and content
  • Motivate and empower individual and team to exceed objectives through coaching and mentorship, and manage SDR career advancement within the company
  • Report on sales metrics and conduct weekly forecasts to Sales leadership, and ensure that results are easy to consume and understand by all stakeholders

Required Qualifications:

  • Proven track record of delivering consistent sales pipeline at both large enterprise accounts and more transactional commercial accounts managing outbound prospecting teams
  • 5+ years experience managing a team of SDRs
  • Management experience leading teams of 15 or more team members across North America, EMEA, and APAC
  • Knowledge and experience with both outbound and inbound business development motions and KPIs
  • Demonstrated ability to influence at all levels of the organization
  • Proven success aligning key stakeholders including sales, marketing, operations, and product marketing
  • Proven ability to hire, train, and retain new SDRs
  • Excellent leadership, interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills
  • Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
  • Highly proficient in Salesforce.com, LinkedIn Navigator, Salesloft or Outreach.io, LeanData and other sales productivity tools

Preferred Qualifications:

  • SaaS experience for a technical, complex product (networking, DevOps, security) highly preferred

What we offer

Kentik is a fully remote company that operates globally. We seek professionals that will help us thrive as an organization, and in turn, to broaden and enhance your career. We’re very thorough in the interview process to understand your skills and how they will relate to your successful growth here at Kentik. Our compensation philosophy encompasses a fair program for all in order to attract, engage and retain talented individuals who will drive our business and wow our customers.

The base salary range for this position is: $136,500 - $178,500, with an expected overall targeted earnings (OTE) range of: $195,000 - $255,000. The salary range and OTE reflect the low and high end of the U.S. range Kentik reasonably and generally expects to pay the hired candidate in this role. The actual salary offered may be lower or higher than the stated range depending on various factors, including but not limited to:

  • Experience with the skill sets required for success
  • Demonstrated competencies and potential
  • A geographic market-based approach

In addition to a great career opportunity, Kentik offers stellar benefits for our employees, which include:

  • 100% of premiums are paid by company for health, vision and dental coverage for you and your dependents
  • Additionally, an annual Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) of $3,000 for an individual or $4,500 for a family
  • Paid family & medical leave
  • Open PTO, a quarterly Wellness Day, and a minimum of 10 paid holidays
  • 401(k) retirement account
  • Home office reimbursement
  • Stock options

Note: Benefits are as listed for all US full-time employees. For compensation, international applicants will be treated equitably in relation to the laws applicable within the countries in which we operate.

Come work with us

The true meaning of Kentik is visibility. We’re committed to making sure everyone feels empowered to use their voice, has a sense of belonging, and is represented at Kentik.

We don’t look for individuals who fit the culture, but those who will continue to add to the culture.

We encourage everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in the industry: people of color, LGBTQI+ community, women, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), veterans, and people of any age or family status.

Kentik is committed to creating an inclusive interview process. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to recruiting@kentik.com.

Come as you are!

You will be working at a fast-growing, well-funded startup alongside industry thought leaders and network aficionados as we build the future of observability and set the high bar for how network operations and digital businesses should run. With a competitive salary and amazing benefits on top of the meaningful and challenging projects you’ll take on, we’re sure you’ll enjoy joining the Kentik team.

#li-remote

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About Zscaler

Serving thousands of enterprise customers around the world including 40% of Fortune 500 companies, Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) was founded in 2007 with a mission to make the cloud a safe place to do business and a more enjoyable experience for enterprise users. As the operator of the world’s largest security cloud, Zscaler accelerates digital transformation so enterprises can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The pioneering, AI-powered Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ platform protects thousands of enterprise customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. Named a Best Workplace in Technology by Fortune and others, Zscaler fosters an inclusive and supportive culture that is home to some of the brightest minds in the industry. If you thrive in an environment that is fast-paced and collaborative, and you are passionate about building and innovating for the greater good, come make your next move with Zscaler.

The Zscaler Sales and Go-to-Market team is a global group of professionals who are passionate about delighting our customers, nurturing trusted partnerships, and sharing their expertise to drive a secure, cloud-enabled digital future and further cement our position as the world leader in cloud security. Sales, Customer Success, Sales Enablement, Solution Architects, Business Development, Transformation, and Technology Partnerships all work together to demonstrate the power and agility of Zscaler cloud transformation to the world.

We're hiring a Director of Technology Alliances to join our Business Development team. You will work as an individual contributor and be based in San Jose, CA (going into the office 2-3 days per week).

  • Co-own a set of partnerships; build unique technical integrations, marketing and GTM projects that bring value for joint customers and source new customer engagements.
  • Work with Product and Solution Architecture teams to identify product integration opportunities that address new customer use cases and build business cases to prioritize.
  • Understand the partners' goals, go-to-market approach, and channel and use this insight to build partnership strategy focused on new sales and customer engagements.

What We're Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

  • Bachelor's Degree required in Computer Science or related discipline. If an undergraduate degree is not technical, an MBA is required.
  • 8+ years demonstrated experience in strategic BD, technology alliances, product management/marketing, technical/solution marketing or technical sales enablement role at Software or SaaS technology provider.
  • 5+ years of experience managing technology alliances and partner ecosystem, with joint GTM execution impact at scale through sell-with models.

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

  • Technical knowledge in the cybersecurity industry.
  • Data-driven - always measure KPIs. Forecast co-sell motion alliance revenue, with Salesforce.com skills.

Zscaler’s salary ranges are benchmarked and are determined by role and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations and could be higher or lower based on a multitude of factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

The base salary range listed for this full-time position excludes commission/ bonus/ equity (if applicable) + benefits.

Base Pay Range: $175,000—$250,000 USD

At Zscaler, we believe that diversity drives innovation, productivity, and success. We are looking for individuals from all backgrounds and identities to join our team and contribute to our mission to make doing business seamless and secure. We are guided by these principles as we create a representative and impactful team, and a culture where everyone belongs. For more information on our commitments to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, visit the Corporate Responsibility page of our website.

Our Benefits program is one of the most important ways we support our employees. Zscaler proudly offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families throughout their life stages, including:

  • Various health plans
  • Time off plans for vacation and sick time
  • Parental leave options
  • Retirement options
  • Education reimbursement
  • In-office perks, and more!

By applying for this role, you adhere to applicable laws, regulations, and Zscaler policies, including those related to security and privacy standards and guidelines.

Zscaler is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all of our employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy or related medical conditions), age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristics protected by federal, state, or local laws.

See more information by clicking on the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal link.

Pay Transparency

Zscaler complies with all applicable federal, state, and local pay transparency rules. For additional information about the federal requirements, [click here](https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_ English_formattedESQA508c.pdf).

Zscaler is committed to providing reasonable support (called accommodations or adjustments) in our recruiting processes for candidates who are differently abled, have long term conditions, mental health conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support.

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